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Dan was publications editor for the College of Natural Sciences from 2006-2013. He is now communications manager for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.

Seven Ways Career Services Can Help You Land on Your Feet

Let's be frank. It's not the best moment to be entering the job market. Dot-com companies aren't yet lining up in front of the tower to hand plum jobs and internships to new graduates. The green shoots of the recovering economy haven't yet grown into lush green fields. Times are still tougher than we'd like. But students in the College of Natural...ut graduation

The December Grads

A few of our most recent graduates reflect on the beauty of physics, the challenges of reconciling faith and diversity, the joy of getting into medical school, and the meaning of being burnt orange.

Beyond Culture Shock

For Carina De La Pena, who’s graduating this month with a degree in Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS), college has been a process of both challenging and re-affirming her core values. She came to the College of Natural Sciences, in large part, because of the HDFS major, which seemed like an ideal way to combine her commitment to working...Carina De La Pena

The Express Train

Ryan Hassan, who’s graduating this month with a degree in physics, came to the College of Natural Sciences with a simple plan.  He wanted to finish quickly, he wanted to set himself up to get into medical school, and he wanted to enjoy college. On all counts, he’s succeeded. He earned his degree in a grand total of five semesters. His medical ...Ryan Hassan

Office Hours: Dr. Dio Siegel

Chemist looks for potential drug compounds in plants.

In the Shadow of Giants

For Dr. Reginald Baptiste, who is coordinating a mentorship program that allows undergraduates in the College of Natural Sciences to shadow health professionals, the value of getting an early glimpse of the medical life is evident from his own life. “I was in junior high school when I decided I wanted to be a doctor,” says Baptiste, who’s now a c...Reginald Baptiste and students

Natural Sciences Student Wins Marshall Scholarship

Grace Eckhoff has been named a Marshall Scholar, one of 40 scholars from across the nation who earned the scholarship to study abroad in the United Kingdom.

The Wallingford Sessions

A slideshow of trippy images from the lab of biologist John Wallingford, who studies the embryonic morphogenesis (the process by which embryos acquire their final shape).

Shining a Light on Nanotech

Chemist David Vanden Bout uses self-assembling nanotubes to better understand how to capture and channel the light of the sun.

Q&A with President of the Natural Sciences Council

Matt Allen, president of the Natural Sciences Council What is the Natural Sciences Council? Our purpose is to act as a forum for communication between students and the administration, faculty, and staff of the College of Natural Sciences. We also play kickball, organize events (like Natural Sciences Week), do service activities, and hang out t...Matt Allen, president of the Natural Sciences Council